AS SEEN BY BOTH SIDES:AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE ARTISTS LOOK AT THE WAR

Documents the history of a remarkable art exhibit which showcases the work of both
American and Vietnamese veterans of the Indochina War. Filmed in both countries, the
documentary features the exhibition's paintings intercut with Vietnamese and American
archival footage of the war, plus interviews with participating artists, historians, scholars,
and veterans from both sides. Their comments illuminate the many issues about the
nature and power of art, the role that the arts play in chronicling and shaping popular and
historical interpretations of the Vietnam War, and the value of art in revealing cultural
parallels and the universal trauma of war.